Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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General operating principles

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Brocade devices use Chassis ID subtype 4, the base MAC address of the device. Other third party
devices may use a Chassis ID subtype other than 4. The Chassis ID will appear similar to the
following on the remote device, and in the CLI display output on the Brocade device (show lldp
local-info).

Chassis ID (MAC address): 0012.f233.e2c0

The Chassis ID TLV is always the first TLV in the LLDPDU.

Port ID

The Port ID identifies the port from which LLDP packets were sent.

There are several ways in which a port may be identified, as shown in

Table 63

. A port ID subtype,

included in the TLV, indicates how the port is being referenced in the Port ID field.

Brocade devices use port ID subtype 3, the permanent MAC address associated with the port.
Other third party devices may use a port ID subtype other than 3. The port ID appears similar to the
following on the remote device, and in the CLI display output on the Brocade device (show lldp
local-info).

Port ID (MAC address): 0012.f233.e2d3

The LLDPDU format is shown in

“LLDPDU packet format”

on page 256.

2

Interface alias

3

Port component

4

MAC address

5

Network address

6

Interface name

7

Locally assigned

8 – 255

Reserved

TABLE 63

Port ID subtypes

ID Subtype

Description

0

Reserved

1

Interface alias

2

Port component

3

MAC address

4

Network address

5

Interface name

6

Agent circuit ID

7

Locally assigned

8 – 255

Reserved

TABLE 62

Chassis ID subtypes (Continued)

ID Subtype

Description

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